The LEADTOOLS HTML5 / JavaScript interface was built with more than just web-based, cross-platform application development in mind. Did you know you can also create native and hybrid apps that can be published to mobile application stores for iOS, Android and Windows Phone? That is actually the case for almost any HTML5 application, but there are libraries and tools that help make that process easier.

One such tool is Intel XDK. In the same way that LEADTOOLS expedites and simplifies all of your imaging requirements such as display, annotations, OCR, barcode, DICOM, PACS and more, Intel XDK helps with the deployment and device integration aspect. Need access to the camera, local files and more? Want to write only one application and deploy it to multiple app stores? This is all possible with Intel XDK, and LEADTOOLS plugs into this innovative development environment without a hitch.

With more than a year under its belt, LEADTOOLS Anywhere™ is continuing to push the digital imaging software development kit market forward with its native libraries for iOS, OS X, Android, WinRT, Windows Phone and more. This week we have released a free Annotations and Markup demo app on Google Play and the Windows Store for use on your Apple, Android, WinRT and Windows Phone devices.

• iOS
• OS X
• Android
• WinRT
• Windows Phone

As a reminder, LEADTOOLS has many additional demos available for iOS, Android, WinRT and Windows Phone including features such as OCR, Barcode, DICOM and more. If you are a mobile application developer, you can see first-hand how LEADTOOLS works on your devices. As an additional benefit, they serve as a living example of how using LEADTOOLS will have positive effects during the approval process for your app's respective stores.

If you've been keeping up with us, you are already aware of our recent update to our Android, iOS, and OS X development libraries (if not, go read it!). Shortly after that release, our developers have been rolling out updates to all of our mobile demo apps available on the App Store, Google Play, and Windows Store.

In addition to updating our existing demos, we plan on adding new demos for credit card and passport recognition, so keep a close eye on that page if those features are of particular interest to you. If you can't wait (and we don't blame you), the source code for those demos ships with the main evaluation for each platform.

The LEADTOOLS Anywhere™ cross platform libraries in LEADTOOLS V18 have been very popular since their release earlier this year. LEAD continues to expand its reach by adding new development platforms and interfaces for Windows Phone 8 and Linux.

Click on the headers below for more a more detailed list of all the features supported by each interface.

Visual Studio Magazine has published its annual Reader's Choice Awards and LEADTOOLS was once again declared a winner for the 11th straight year. The survey was conducted in August with nearly 500 readers casting their votes and giving their opinions about their favorite productivity enhancers. In 2013, over 400 products were in the running, and LEAD Technologies is proud to have emerged as a winner in three categories.

• Gold Medal in Component: Imaging, Image Processing & Drawing Tools —
  LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro
• Silver Medal in Component: Text, OCR, Scanning & Barcode —
  LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Suite
• Bronze Medal in Mobile Development Tools and Frameworks —
  Windows Phone SDK technology in LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro and above

To see the full article from Visual Studio Magazine, you can download the PDF from their website.